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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Sep 12

👇3-minute overview of key limitations of the MAHA Commision Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy.
Of greatest concern - no effort to address corporate capture of regulatory agencies by the #chemical industry.
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MAHA plan fails to recommend real solutions to rising chronic disease

The new MAHA action plan provides evidence that industry stepped in and said, ‘not while we are in charge.’ What’s telling is not only what’s in the report, but what has been removed from the report, ...

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Sep 10

American Journal of Public Health Call for Papers:
“How can we address the influence of the ultra-processed food (UPF) industry in shaping our food systems and overreliance on UPFs and what types of science-based policies are required to reduce UPF consumption?"
Details bit.ly/3IegzY3

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Aug 5

Final round global Plastics Treaty negotiations begin today in Switzerland. These talks will shape how much #plastic the world will produce for generations to come. Here is a 5-minute overview of the key decisions that must be made to protect human #health.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Nations gather in push to finalise UN Plastics Treaty - ABC listen

Representatives from 170 countries are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, today in the hopes of finalising a global treaty limiting plastic pollution. December talks in South Korea collapsed after a s...

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · Jul 9

“The world is facing a plastic pollution crisis that is getting worse every year.”
U.N. negotiators will soon hash out the terms of a global plastics treaty. Experts say they must focus on capping plastics production instead of false solutions like recycling. insideclimatenews.org/news/0907202...

Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say - Inside Climate News

Plastics and their toxic chemicals endanger people, wildlife and the environment throughout their life cycle, they warn, calling for production caps in the U.N. treaty.

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Jul 9

The world is about to finalize the most consequential legally binding instrument on plastics. It will decide how much #plastic the world will produce for generations. Please read our Editorial in @who.int Bulletin to understand key flaws in the Treaty. It will take 5 minutes.

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · May 30

@ucsf-prhe.bsky.social will be hosting an in-person workshop, How to Conduct Gold-Star Systematic Reviews, this August. I will be joined by @traceywoodruff.bsky.social

It will be held on Sunday, August 17th, from 1-5pm, at the Hotel Indigo in Atlanta. Registration can be found at: bit.ly/sr-aug25

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · May 21

The administration is gutting the most important office at #USEPA, responsible for identifying harms of hazardous chemicals like Gen X, #PFAS. It is critical in preventing chronic diseases like #cancer. Watch @traceywoodruff.bsky.social @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social giving testimony today bit.ly/43kXbiF

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · May 19

Want to learn how we can hold health harming corporations to account? Join us 12pm PT, Thursday May 29 to hear about the work of the @UCSF Center to End Corporate Harm

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · May 15

SAVE THE DATE: 2 weeks from today - learn how to find corporate internal documents and what they tell us about industry strategies to promote health-harming products and delay regulations. With @TraceyJWoodruff and @NickZChartres @industrydocs
www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...

Corporate Drivers of Disease: Exploring the UCSF Industry Documents Library

Health-harming products are contributing to a global rise in chronic disease. Studies estimate that fossil fuels, chemicals, alcohol, tobacco and ultra-processed foods are now responsible for...

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Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · May 2

"If we are not evaluating emerging chemicals, if we are pretending they don't exist, we are going to see the health consequences, maybe 10 or 20 years from now," another scientist told NPR.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump cuts demolish agency focused on toxic chemicals and workplace hazards

The Trump administration has decimated an agency responsible for carrying out much of the research and prevention efforts to curb exposure to dangerous substances and situations in the workplace.

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · May 13

The American Chemistry Council along with dozens of trade organizations propose gutting major #environmental #regulations in U.S, including on #PFAS. These rollbacks will ^ chronic disease & not make America healthy. Only industries bottom-line. Great blog by @slamont.bsky.social bit.ly/4khAsL9

Industry sent their wish list to the new administration. What’s in it will make people sick.

The following is a guest post by the Center to End Corporate Harm. The National Association of Manufacturers and the American Chemistry Council – the chemical industry’s trade group – sent a 21-page l...

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Apr 9

@traceywoodruff.bsky.social & I explained to @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social why delaying action on regulating #microplastics while waiting for perfect data could have serious consequences, particularly given the rise in unexplained #cancer rates and chronic diseases
bit.ly/44lBTnd

Microplastics: an underestimated and underregulated crisis

Plastics are everywhere—even in the air we breathe. Researchers are discovering microplastics (<5 mm) and nanoplastics (<1 μm), not just in the environment around us, but also in the internal organs o...

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Mar 19

With clever messaging around MAHA & daily 'shocks', many people are too distracted to understand the #environmental rollbacks taking place. Read 👇why rates of children's #cancer, #parkinsonsdisease & #infertility will skyrocket. bit.ly/41EEgyx

"Make America Healthy Again" is dead

There is nothing RFK Jr. can do at the Department of Health to make up for what's happening at the EPA.

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Mar 11

#1: Put chemical industry lobbyists in charge at EPA's toxics office including one who worked for Dupont, a leading manufacturer of #PFAS & another who fought against banning #asbestos prheucsf.blog/2025/03/10/1...

10 ways the Trump administration is “making America toxic again”

Our goal is to get toxins out of the environment, poisons out of our food supply, and keep our children healthy and strong.” – President Trump during his State of the Union address, March 4, 2025 We a...

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Mar 9

As explained by @fastlerner.bsky.social @propublica.org IRIS assessments have been the cornerstone for setting standards for some of the most lethal #cancer causing #chemcials including #formaldehyde, #chloroprene & #ethyleneoxide.

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Mar 9

Cutting this program will lead to sub-standard scientific evaluations, higher levels of #chemical exposures and thus greater rates of disease including #infertility, #cancer and developmental disorder like #Autisim & #ADHD.

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Mar 9

"We must restore the integrity of the scientific process by protecting expert recommendations from inappropriate influence and increasing transparency regarding existing data"

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Mar 9

Removal of the most critical independent program at USEPA because of corporate capture, led by the American Chemistry Council, is a clear contradiction to the directives of Executive Order 14212 "Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission" www.propublica.org/article/legi...

Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections

Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Mar 7

Join us on Tuesday Mar 11, 2025, 11:00 AM Pacific Time to hear the findings of our world first rapid systematic review on the health effects of #microplastics. We will discuss what action #governments globally must take now to protect this and future generations from their harms.

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · Mar 6

Curious about microplastics? What does the science say? Find out from two of the best studying this problem.

www.akaction.org/webinars/202...

Microplastics & Health: A Systematic Review of Recent Science | ACAT

Microplastics are widespread environmental contaminants found in our food, water, and air. They have also been detected throughout the human body, including in our blood, lungs, saliva, liver, semen…

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Tracey Woodruff @traceywoodruff.bsky.social · Mar 6

IRIS made it possible to confirm what communities already knew - that they were getting sick from toxic chemicals

Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · Mar 6

IRIS made ToxMap possible 👇

projects.propublica.org/toxmap/

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Mar 6

U.S EPA fails to quantify how many people are harmed at different levels of #chemical exposure for any health effects that are not #cancer, thus, significantly underestimating the true risk of chemicals & the benefits of regulating them. Deeply flawed and dangerous to our #health

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · Mar 4

Want to "make America healthy again"? Then EPA needs to use and follow the best available science rather than give the chemical industry free rein to poison our air, food, and water.

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Mar 3

Universal principles that should be implemented at all regulatory agencies, globally to protect #publichealth and not #corporate interests and profits.

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · Mar 3

NEW: A team of experts, led by PRHE, has developed recommendations for the new administration to prioritize science and health. They include to safeguard scientific integrity and stop corporate interference in regulatory decision-making.

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Feb 28

Learn about the work this new Center will do based on empirical research using the @ucsflibrary.bsky.social industry documents. This archive now includes >21 million previously secret internal documents from the #fossilfuel, #tobacco, #ultraprocessedfood, #pharmaceutical and #chemical industries.

UCSF Center to End Corporate Harm @c2ech.bsky.social · Feb 27

What does the science show on how large corporations impact health? And how can these health-harming industries be held accountable? Check out our latest blog for highlights from speakers at our Center to End Corporate Harm launch event.
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Tracey Woodruff @traceywoodruff.bsky.social · Feb 27

Learn the latest science and keep up with work to combat the leading vector of disease this century.

Based on the excellent papers in the UCSF @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social

UCSF Center to End Corporate Harm @c2ech.bsky.social · Feb 27

What does the science show on how large corporations impact health? And how can these health-harming industries be held accountable? Check out our latest blog for highlights from speakers at our Center to End Corporate Harm launch event.
prheucsf.blog/2025/02/25/h...

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Rachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · Feb 28

I have learned so much from @traceywoodruff.bsky.social @nickchartres.bsky.social and my fellow co-authors on this paper. For more on how the framework can improve scientific analyses and toxic chemical regulations:
prheucsf.blog/2025/02/27/s...
Paper is here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · Feb 27

👇Once established that a #chemical harms human #health the 1st step in using our framework designed for regulatory agencies, like U.S EPA is to determine if it is 'essential' - if not, then prohibit its use immediately.

Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social · Feb 27

NEW: Our new Evidence-to-Decision Framework for Environmental Health is out! This tool is designed to help govt make better decisions to protect people's health, especially for communities highly impacted by toxics and pollutants.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40012089/

Development of the Navigation Guide Evidence-to-Decision Framework for Environmental Health: Version 1.0 - PubMed

Environmental exposures, including widespread industrial pollution, impact human health and are amplified in more highly exposed communities. Policy and regulatory frameworks for making decisions and ...

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